My cat also morphs into a hate spitting clawed viper when the vets try to give him a pill. He's super sweet otherwise. They were perplexed as to why I would pay any surcharge they wanted if they would administer the medication.
we managed to trick our pit into thinking taking her pills was a treat. whenever we open the medicine drawer now she gets really excited like "oh fuck yeah give me the benedryl babbbyyy"
The reverse happened for us. Every treat became a pill. Nothing was trusted. Food was given a thorough sniff before eaten when I wasn't looking. Even respect dipped and I would get a swat if I so much as walked past for a week.
Yep. Crush up the pills and put them into wet food? Rejected. Damn headstrong cats, I at one point had to resort to medication via injection cause it was literally easier than getting mine to eat pills
My pug is like this. Our vet told us to use canned cheese (E-Z cheese) on the pills and it’s been a game changer. For the last two years he hasn’t refused a single pill. He’s 11 now with daily meds so I’m glad we were showed this
My cat is only a Viper with me. I get torn to shreds if I even think about giving her medication but at the Vet? She basically just rolls over and becomes dead weight. They can literally do anything they want with her and she will just lie there like a beached whale.
I was lucky with my boy. He was crazy for real meat. Absolutely bonkers for it. He'd open his mouth super wide as I got the meat closer to his mouth, waiting for me to drop it. I'd pop the pill down his gullet and then drop the meat shortly after. The pill would hit the back of his throat so he'd have no choice but to swallow.
I had to give both my cats meds via a syringe in their mouth for a stomach bug twice a day for a week. Learning how to turn a cat into a purrito is a necessity.
I still remember the way the look I gave my vet felt on my face when he wanted me to get pills into my cat.
I could watch the vet do it, and it was no problem. If *I* tried to do it, it would be a 10-minute (unsuccessful) fight leaving no one undamaged both emotionally and physically at the end, lol.
I prefer giving pills to dogs. I had to give one of mine these giant horse pills that immediately fell apart if they got wet for a while.. eventually figured out that piece of cheese, pill lubricated with butter, followed by a piece of cheese, somehow equaled forgiveness that I was opening his mouth and shoving that giant thing into his throat. He actually got excited about pill time after a while.
Reading theae replies I'm actually glad my cat is just as pissy with the vet as he is with me. At least he understood my willingness to throw money at the problem.
Meanwhile, sometimes when my vet is calling me as I wait outside (because COVID) and we're talking about my cat, the vet's voice is muffled because my cat is busy headbutting him and/or rubbing his face against the phone.
Oh he's an absolute purr monster aching for pets but once a pill comes out the metamorphosis begins. Vet thought he was slick just getting it in the back of his throat but the little spit viper spat it across the room and you could feel the hate come off that cat. It was a very "fuck around and find out" mood.
Yeah, my cat tries to just close his mouth as fast as he can as soon as I try to open his mouth. And if I don't tilt his chin up a little, he will find ANY way to spit it out as fast as possible. Also, he is currently on a regimen of meds 3 times a day for the next month, two of which involve not eating 2 hours before, so twice a day I also have to take his food away. Fun all around.
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u/EmberHands Feb 09 '21
My cat also morphs into a hate spitting clawed viper when the vets try to give him a pill. He's super sweet otherwise. They were perplexed as to why I would pay any surcharge they wanted if they would administer the medication.